T9 typing on Apple Watch

[NavySEAL6]

Apple needs some kind of keyboard. To me this is the biggest shortcoming and what would enhance the watch for me the most

 

[Tysh102390]

The lock screen on the Watch uses a T9 layout. I have no problem typing in my password. T9 would fit, at least on the 42mm. You could be right about the 38mm.

Although I think given the consensus so far, T9 isn't going to happen. Not a lot of desire out there. Although I wonder how many of you have the Watch? It's so much easier to get message notifications on it. If I could peck out a few word replies, without having to get out my phone, the Watch would be so much more useful. I get texts all the time. But I'm a student, and I could be an outlier.

I'd be curious to know if there is anybody with the Watch right now who thinks it works great to use Siri to respond to messages. I think it's damn slow, awkward, and error-prone. Given a choice between using Siri over T9, I'd pick T9 every time.

[doublepost=1510039018][/doublepost]I totally agree i have a 42 mm and ive experimented with the unlock layout and the keypad that the t9 or old school 2 key layout for a sms txt keybored would be way eaier for short respnoce msg then scribble or n case u dont wanna say ur msg outloud for everyone around to hear

 

[ashishahuja422]

Apple Watch will never feature any typing format.
Siri on the watch is better than on the iPhone
Thewatch is only an accessory to the iPhone and is not made to be used as a standalone gadget, hence it is to be used only for quick and short replies.

 

[Jessem1133]

[doublepost=1510039018][/doublepost]I totally agree i have a 42 mm and ive experimented with the unlock layout and the keypad that the t9 or old school 2 key layout for a sms txt keybored would be way eaier for short respnoce msg then scribble or n case u dont wanna say ur msg outloud for everyone around to hear

I was hoping we’d get a bump on this two year old thread. Thanks man.

 

[Joyful Machines]

On Friday I just released Modality Type for Apple Watch, to send texts. We've worked on Modality 3 years and have it to a very good spot.

T9 is the solution Samsung Gear did, and honestly it's not a bad solution for a watch, but I know there can be better. Which is why we built Modality.

By the way, there are also a few Apple Watch typing apps that use Morse code, and that is a clever solution, but then you also have to both learn and use Morse code. In my humble opinion, Modality is much more expansive.

 

[Scott G.]

The "Scrabble" function works just fine, and is super fast on the S4. Faster than T9 would be, by a long shot..

 

[Starship67]

Talking into your watch to Siri is no more awkward than the masses walking around talking on their phones using the speaker phone. Which is not so much awkward as annoying.

 

[zmunkz]

On Friday I just released Modality Type for Apple Watch, to send texts. We've worked on Modality 3 years and have it to a very good spot.

This doesn’t look like T9. I don’t recognize the grouping of letters you’re using, but it seems one would have to learn something new.

Though, I suppose, the majority of the texting population today has probably never used T9 anyway...

 

[Mac 128]

Talking into your watch to Siri is no more awkward than the masses walking around talking on their phones using the speaker phone. Which is not so much awkward as annoying.

I watched a guy doodling on his wrist for two minutes at the gym yesterday. I don’t know what he was doing, but I gurantee it would have been easier and quicker on his phone, and less awkward looking if he’d just used Siri.

 

[tromboneaholic]

I watched a guy doodling on his wrist for two minutes at the gym yesterday. I don’t know what he was doing, but I gurantee it would have been easier and quicker on his phone, and less awkward looking if he’d just used Siri.

It's great there are options. Scribble works fine for quick texts for me. If it's more involved I'll pull out my phone. Unless I'm in private, I don't really need everyone to hear what I'm texting.

 

[Mac 128]

It's great there are options. Scribble works fine for quick texts for me. If it's more involved I'll pull out my phone. Unless I'm in private, I don't really need everyone to hear what I'm texting.

Obviously if it’s something private, you’re not going to speak it out loud. The reality is nobody in a busy gym is really listening to each other’s conversations, nor do they care about asking Siri to remind you to pick up power bars after your workout. And there are plenty of phone conversations that go on in the gym where I’ve overheard some pretty strange things. So it would seem most people aren’t that concerned about privacy in general.

That said, we all have different thresholds of privacy and courtesy toward others. But Siri certainly makes a non-confidential exchange quick and easy with little distraction for others under most circumstances.

 

[tromboneaholic]

Obviously if it’s something private, you’re not going to speak it out loud. The reality is nobody in a busy gym is really listening to each other’s conversations, nor do they care about asking Siri to remind you to pick up power bars after your workout. And there are plenty of phone conversations that go on in the gym where I’ve overheard some pretty strange things. So it would seem most people aren’t that concerned about privacy in general.

That said, we all have different thresholds of privacy and courtesy toward others. But Siri certainly makes a non-confidential exchange quick and easy with little distraction for others under most circumstances.

I find it completely incompressible when I see people talking on their speakerphone, in public, while holding the phone up to their mouth like a microphone. It's annoying to have to hear both sides of their conversation when they are shouting into the phone and broadcasting the replies.

 

[Mac 128]

I find it completely incompressible when I see people talking on their speakerphone, in public, while holding the phone up to their mouth like a microphone. It's annoying to have to hear both sides of their conversation when they are shouting into the phone and broadcasting the replies.

I agree. I don't want people having conversations around me like that (and part of it is hearing both sides of the conversation, one side of which is amplified). But I don't mind a simple one off instruction. That's where the watch gets silly -- if someone insists on having an extended text chat, or even a phone call on the watch, there are better tools for that, like the iPhone in the pocket, or a BT headset. The lack of courtesy is astounding for those chatting on the speakerphone in every environment.